No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: The Jones Girls.

AFTER MEETING WITH TOP aides, Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty faces the newsreel cameras and microphones. He reads recommendations in a bill to be sent to Kongress. A way of allaying the Jes Grew crisis which threatens our National Security, survival and just about everything else you can think of. He adopts a plan based upon the ideas of Irene Castle, the woman who in 1915 inspired a generation of young women to cast aside their corsets and petticoats. He delivers the Plague edict. Pelvis and Feets Kontrols.

Do not wriggle the shoulders.

Do not shake the hips.

Do not twist the body.

Do not flounce the elbows.

Do not pump the arms.

Do not hop—glide instead.

Drop the Turkey Trot, the Grizzly Bear, the Bunny Hug, etc. These dances are ugly, ungraceful, and out of fashion. [Modern Dancing—Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle.]

— Ismael Reed, Mumbo Jumbo.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 481 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

The Jones Girls — “Keep It Comin’” — The Best Of The Jones Girls

Hotline — “Fella’s Doing It in Lagos” — Doing It in Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco in 1980s Nigeria

Wadadli Riders — “JBL D-130F” — Made In Antigua

Malavoi — “An Ni Maniman” — Le Meilleur de Malavoi

Dick Leslie — “Harlem Train” — Walkin’ The Duck: 23 Northern Soul Instrumental Tracks

Ray Barretto — “El Bantu” — Latin Soul Man

It’s Madison Time…

Armando Sciascia — “Easy Macumba” — Sexy

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Zor Beyler — “Gozumdeki Yaslar” — Uzelli Psychedelic Anadolu

Small Faces — “Hey Girl” — From The Beginning

Gnonnas Pedro & His Dadjes Band — “L’Indomptable Gnonnas Pop” — Roi De L’Agbadja Moderne 1974-1983

Carl Canida — “Party Date” — I Still Hate CD’s: Norton Records 45 RPM Singles Collection 

Dennis Bovell — “Night Dubbin” — Dub Dem Silly

The Stooges — “T.V. Eye” — Fun House

Vichan Maneechot — “Dance Dance Dance” — Thai Beat A Go Go Vol. 1: Groovy 60’s Sounds from the Land of Smile!

Pere Ubu — “Waiting For Mary” — Cloudland

Los Wembler’s de Iquitos — “El Serranito Enamorado” — La Danza del Petrolero

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Guitar Junior — “The Crawl” — Rumba Blues Vol. 3: Guitar Cha-Cha-Cha (How Latin Music Changed R&B) 1955-1958

Vaudou Game — “Dangerous Bees” — Apiafo

The Skeletons — “Charmin’ Billie” — Nothing To Lose

The Slickers — “Zion Calling” — Break Through

Bob Callaway — “Native” — Jungle Exotica Vol. 1

Ali Hassan Kuban — “Tamin Qalbak Ya Habibi” — Walk Like A Nubian 

The John Barry Orchestra — “Beat Girl” – Music from the Film ‘Beat Girl’

Ferry Djimmy and His Dji-Kins — “Be Free” — Rhythm Revolution

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Gil Scott-Heron — “Whitey On The Moon” — Small Talk At 125th & Lenox

Pamelo Mounk’a — “Buala Yayi Mambu” — Samantha

Television — “Friction” — Live at the Old Waldorf

Omar Khorshid — “Hebbina Hebbina (Love Us Like We Love You)” — Guitar El Chark

The Squires — “Going All The Way” — Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968

Revolutionaries — “Devil’s Bug” — Front Line Presents Dub: 40 Heavyweight Dub Sounds

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

The Cosmic Rays & Le Sun Ra and His Arkestra — “Somebody’s In Love” — The Singles

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Pictured: Jeffrey Lee Pierce & Patricia Morrison (The Gun Club).

Jeffrey started to come into his own as a performer. A lot of people wrote off his singing as this horrible howling, but he persisted and began to find the voice that really helped define what the Gun Club became. He was a very odd sort of boy—obnoxious most of the time but very sweet too. The people who loved him often wanted to murder him. He used these extremes of light and dark, perversion and charm, and the way he swung between them, to great effect onstage, giving our shows an edge. Every Gun Club show was volatile, unpredictable, and often crossed the line between entertainment and punishment.

— Kid Congo Powers, Some New Kind of Kick: A Memoir.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 480 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

The Salsoul Orchestra — “Salsoul Hustle” — Anthology Vol. 1

Matata — “I Feel Funky” — Africa Funk: Return to the Original Sound of 1970s Funky Africa

Laika & The Cosmonauts — “Surfs You Right” — Surfs You Right

Lélou — “Pop L’Économie” — Soul Sega Sa! Indian Ocean Segas From ‘70s

The Kinks — “I Took My Baby Home” — The Kinks [mono]

Ban Nhạc Lê Văn Thiện — “Bản Nhạc Không Tên” — Saigon Supersound, Vol. 3

Phil Gray — “Pepper Hot Baby” — Sin Alley Vol. 2

The West Indians — “Never Get Away (Take 2)” — Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry Presents Soulful I: The Jamaican Upsetter Singles, 1969-1970

It’s Madison Time…

Don Bishop — “Nightmare” — Rocket 45rpm

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Los Rangers De Tingo Maria — “La Trochita” — Perú Selvático: Sonic Expedition Into the Peruvian Amazon 1972-1986

The Little Darlings — “Easy To Cry” — Get Ready for the Countdown: Mod, Brit Soul, R&B & Freakbeat Nuggets

Scientist — “Babylon Fight Dub” — Dub in the Roots Tradition

Mayo Thompson — “Horses” — Corky’s Debt To His Father

Kassav’ — “Africa (Instrumental Version)” — Love and Ka Dance

The Gun Club — “Preaching the Blues” — Fire of Love

Docteur Nico — “Souvenir Air-Congo” — Dieu de la Guitare

The Only Ones — “Another Girl, Another Planet” — The Only Ones

R.D. Burman — “Title Music” — The Bombay Connection

Frank Zappa — “The Big Squeeze” — The Lost Episodes

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

La Logia Sarabanda — “Todos O Ninguno” — Guayaba

The Chantells — “World of Soul” — Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio

Antibalas — “Hypocrite” — Talkatif

The Necessaries — “Born Yesterday” — Completely Necessary (Anthology 1978-1982)

Conjunto Casino — “Plena Costera” — Macondo Revisitado: The Roots of Subtropical Music Uruguay 1975-1979

Cliff Nash & the Rockaways — “Tell Me, Baby” — Tell Me, Baby: ’50’s & ’60’s Rock ‘n’ Roll

The Dynamites — “Garrison” — Sound System International Dub LP

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Bel-Tones — “Back Down” — Strummin’ Mental! Part.Three

Mekongo — “Me Bowe Ya” — Sound D’Afrique

The Velvet Underground — “There She Goes Again (Version 2 / Live)” — Party at Marty’s Place S.F. ’69

Najib Alhoush — “Free Music I” — The Free Music (Part 1) 

Metro — “Criminal World” — Metro

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Gabby Pahinui — “Waikiki Hula” — Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band Vol. II

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Pictured: Coupé Cloué.

With European appetite for sweets and stimulants surging, then-verdant Hay-iti (the Taíno name for the area) became the most profitable outpost of Louis XIV’s empire. A virtuous circle of elevated Parisian tastes, fuelled by colonial wealth and the resulting expansion of fashionable demand for sugar and coffee, paid for the indulgences of the Sun King’s court. This required slaves and more slaves, and planters hadn’t the patience to purchase females for breeding, preferring to buy endless boatloads of young men and work them to death. Eighteenth-century Haiti became a hellish outpost, marked by avarice, brutality and White fear at being so outnumbered. It was also a pleasure-loving land where younger sons sent off to make their fortunes tried to recreate the château life of home. Decadence requires a soundtrack, and African musicians were pressed into service to play the English ‘country dances’ (contredanses) that were so popular with the French aristocracy. The history of popular music sparkles with styles born out of failed attempts at mimicry. Brits trying to play American rock ’n’ roll created something fresh, as did Jamaicans imitating New Orleans rhythm and blues, to name but the most obvious and recent of countless examples. In providing the music for French dances, Africans in Haiti planted the seeds of what we now call ‘Latin music’.

— Joe Boyd, And The Roots of Rhythm Remain: A Journey Through Global Music.

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FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

The O’Jays — “I Love Music” — Family Reunion

Gboyega Adelaja — “Funky City” — Colourful Environment

The Mermen — “Varykino Snow” — Songs Of The Cows

Benny Soebardja — “Circle Of Love” — The Lizard Years

The Koobas — “Face” — I Love to See You Strut: More 60s Mod, R&B, Brit Soul & Freakbeat Nuggets

African Stone — “Choose Me” — Dennis Bovell & Friends Different The Dennis Bovell Singles Collection 1977-1981

It’s Madison Time…

Gert Wilden — “Dirty Dancing” — Schulmädchen Report & Other Music from Sexy German Films 1968-1972

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Los Dandy’s — “Normal Nomás” — Lindo Amorcito

The Ringleaders — “All Of My Life” — The One-Derful! Collection Vol 3: M-Pac Records

Bim Sherman — “Ghetto Dub” — Ghetto Dub

The Slits — “Vindictive” — The Peel Sessions

Fumaça Preta — “Vou Me Libertar” — Fumaça Preta

Manfred Mann — “Dont Ask Me What I Say” — British Mod Sounds of the 1960s

Jo Tongo — “It’s The D Day” — African Funk Experimentals (1968-1982 + 2017)

The Morells — “Let’s Dance On” — Think About It

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Husnu Ozkartal Orkestrasi — “Su Derenin Sulari” — Psych Funk 101: A Global Psychedelic Funk Curriculum

Herbie Goins & The Night-Timers — “No. 1 In Your Heart” — Ain’t Nothing But A House Party: 60’s & 70’s Club Soul Classics

The Martins Brothers Dance Band — “Ochonma” — Afro Baby: The Evolution of the Afro-Sound in Nigeria 1970-79

New York Dolls — “Puss ‘N’ Boots” — Too Much Too Soon 

Ara Kekedjian — “Ayn Oren” — Bourj Hammoud Groove

Funkadelic — “Stuffs and Things” — Let’s Take It to the Stage

Lloydie Slim All Stars — “Why Did You Version” — Roots from the Record Smith In Dub

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Donald Austin — “Crazy Legs” — Everything Is Gonna Be Alright: Celebrating 50 Years Of Westbound Soul & Funk

Vecchio — “Megaton” — Africafunk: The Original Sound Of 1970’s Funky Africa

The Pretty Things — “Havana Bound” — Freeway Madness

Joe Gibbs & the Professionals — “No Bones for the Dogs” — 100 Years of Dub

The Nutmegs — “Gift O’ Gabbin’ Woman” — Rumba Doowop ’56

Hùng Cường & Mai Lệ Huyền — “Trách yêu” — Saigon Supersound Vol. 3

Earl Palmer & The Partytimers — “Johnnie’s House Party Part 1” — Rock’n’Roll Versus Rhythm And Blues

Coupé Cloué et Trio Select — “La Vie Vieux Negre” — Tanbou Toujou Lou: Meringue, Kompa Kreyol, Vodou Jazz, & Electric Folklore from Haiti 1960-1981

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

The Incredible String Band — “The Minotaur’s Song” — The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter

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Pictured: Captain Beefheart (r.) & His Magic Band.

 “How did the name ‘Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band’ come about?”

   “The Great Gnome of Rock’N’ Roll gave us a choice of two names: Captain Beefheart and The Warts, and Ethel Higgenbaum and Her Magic Band. We just combined them. I can’t wait until Ethel Higgenbaum and The Warts cut a record,” said Alex.

   “We feel very fortunate that we are associated with A&M,” said Beefheart. “Our music is down home Chicago type country blues and we work well together.”

   “What is the trend in popular music as Beefheart sees it?”

   “The Supremes may want to change their name to Ethel Higgenbaum and the Warts if Motown goes out of style.”

   “Thank you, Captain Beefheart.”

— from KFWB Hitline (1966), quoted in Mike Barnes’ Captain Beefheart.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 478 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

The Dramatics — “No Rebate On Love” — Mainstream Disco Funk

Rob with Mag-2 — “More” — Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shock Waves (Ghana & Togo 1972-78)

The Surfites — “Thou Shalt Drag” — Big Pounder

Augustus Pablo — “Tight Rope Dub” — King Tubbys Meets Rockers at 5 Cardiff Crescent, Washington Garden, Kingston

Root & Jenny Jackson — “Save Me” — Get Ready for the Countdown: Mod, Brit Soul, R&B & Freakbeat Nuggets

Los Mirlos — “Cabalgando Con Ella” — Cumbia Beat Vol. 1

NRBQ — “Immortal For A While” – Wild Weekend

It’s Madison Time…

Andre Williams & His Orchestra — “Sweet Little Pussycat” — Movin’ On With… Andre Williams: Greasy And Explicit Soul Movers 1956-1970

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Black Santiagos — “Ole” — Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound in 1970’s Nigeria

The Dave Clark Five — “Fallout Shelter” — Try Too Hard

Asha Bhosle — “Aye Naujawan Sab Kuch Yahan” — Bollywood Nuggets

The Skeletons — “On Your Way Down The Drain” — Nothing To Lose

I-Roy — “Casmas Town” — Heart Of A Lion

The Standells — “Medication” – Dirty Water

İpucu Beşlisi — “Heyecanli” — Turkish One Hit Wonders 1967-1976

Shoes — “Tomorrow Night” — Present Tense

Enrique Lynch — “African Bump” — Peruvian Funk

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Los Babys — “Jinettes En El Cielo (Ghost Riders In The Sky)” — Blue Demon’s Mexican Rock and Roll Favorites

King Tubby — “Fire Dub” — Dread Prophecy: The Strange & Wonderful Story Of Yabby You

Terry Reid — “Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace” — Terry Reid

4 Mars — “Na Daadihi (Guide Us)” — Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From The Horn Of Africa

Black Merda — “Cynthy-Ruth” — Black Merda

J. M. Tim and Foty — “More and More (Ye-Male)” — Africa Airways Six: Mile High Funk 1974-1981

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Roxy Music — “Amazona” — Stranded

Prince Jammy — ”Weeping Willow” — Prince Jammy Presents Uhuru In Dub 

Fourth Ryke — “Please Leave” — Don’t Press Your Luck! The In Sounds Of 60’s Connecticut

Pier’ Rosier & Gazolinn’ — “Top Secret” — Gazolinn’

Hasil Adkins — “No More Hot Dogs” — Chicken Walk

Yol Aularong & Liev Tuk — “Sou Slarp Kroam Kombut Srey” (Rather Die Under The Woman’s Sword)” — Cambodian Rocks

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band — “Diddy Wah Diddy” — Legendary A&M Sessions

Edo & O.K. Jazz — “Yo Tellama” — Les Merveilles du Passé 1961

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Norman Greenbaum — “Marcy” — Spirit in the Sky

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Pictured: Remmy Ongala.

There’s something else. When we think of someone singing the blues—or gospel, or soul, for that matter—there’s a voice attached to that thought. And it’s gruff, rough, tough, and anything but pretty. One thing the many discrete musics of the Dark Continent have in common is an abhorrence of the “pure” unmodified tone. Take the banjo, for example, where the pure vibrations of the strings are corrupted by the drumhead’s snap. The European way with a string is to isolate its tone and enhance it; give it as much resonance as possible. In Africa, lyres have rattles tied to the ends of the strings, drums have rings of little bells around the heads, some dancers’ masks have kazoos hidden in the mouth-holes, while “other masked singers,” as [Deep Blues author Robert] Palmer remarks, use “deep chest growls, false bass tones produced in the back of the throat, strangulated shrieks, and other deliberately bizarre effects.” This obsession with tonal weirdness is no more odd than the European obsession with tonal purity—nothing in African music could be as strange as the castrati—but its results are certainly less predictable, even after generations of bubbling away at the bottom of the melting pot.

— David Wondrich, Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot 1843-1924

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 477 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

The Four Tops — “Sweet Was The Love” — Northern Soul 101 Hits

Murphy Williams — “Get On Up” — Brand New Wayo: Funk, Fast Times, & Nigerian Boogie Badness 1979–1983

The Routes — “Love Will Tear Us Apart” — Surfin’ Pleasures

Cem Karaca & Apaşlar — “Anadolu Oyun Havası” — Turkish Delights: Ultrararities from Beyond the Sea of Marmara

The Buzz — “You’re Holding Me Down” — The Alchemist of Pop: Home Made Hits and Rarities 1959–1966

Errol Thompson / Bunny Lee — “It’s A Dubbing Lie” — Randy’s Vintage Dub Selection: Dubbing At Randy’s 1969-1975

Lenny Dee — “Plantation Boogie” — Dr. Boogie Presents Bear Traces: Nugget’s From Bob’s Barn 

Ros Serey Sothea — “Jam 10 Kai Thiet (Wait 10 More Months)” — Cambodian Nuggets

The Sy-Tations — “Thank You For Being My Girl” — Fresh Cuts with Eugene Viscione

It’s Madison Time…

Akim — “Voodoo Drums” — Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Real Kids — “Better Be Good” — The Real Kids

Los Shains — “Apache 66” — Sons Of Yma: A Collection of Peruvian Garage and Instrumental Bands from the ‘60s!

The Monks — “Monk Chant (Live)” — Black Monk Time

Geraldo Pino — “Let Them Talk” — Heavy Heavy Heavy

Dusty Springfield — “Bring Him Back” – Where Am I Going (mono)

P. Suseela & S.P. Balasubrahmanyam — “Intinti Ramayanam” — Bollywood Nuggets

Kaleidoscope — “Pulsating Dream” — Side Trips

The Revolutionaries — “Dutch Man” — Dutch Man Dub

The St. Louis Union — “English Tea” — Instro-Hipsters a Go-Go! Vol. 2

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Grupo Rosado — “El super corcho” — DoReMi 45rpm

The Puddin’ Heads — “Now You Say We’re Through” — Blow My Mind! The Doré-Era-Mira Punk & Psych Legacy

Xiu-Zhu Wu — “Flying Leaps In My Heart” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco

The Dance — “Do Dada” — New York Noise Vol. 1: Dance Music From The New York Underground 1978-1982

Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila — “Pamella” — Songs For The Poor Man

Wynonie Harris — “Keep-A-Talkin’” — Rhythm ‘N’ Blues Vol. 2

Big Youth — “Marcus Garvey Dread” — Dread Locks Dread

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Instrumentals — “Chop Suey Rock” — Mad Mike Monsters: A Tribute to Mad Mike Petrovich Vol. 1

Boogaloo Assassins — “Do You Wanna Dance” — Old Love Dies Hard

West, Bruce & Laing — “Pollution Woman” — Why Dontcha

Fela Ransome-Kuti & Africa ’70 — “Jeun Ko Ku (Chop ‘n Quench)” — Afrodisiac

J.C. Davis — “The Splib Pt 1” — Let’s Soul Dance: Black Dance Crazes 1957-1962

Lee Perry — “Culter Dub” — Dub Treasures From The Black Ark: Rare Dubs 1976 – 1978

The Shots — “Walk Right Out” — Rare Mod Vol. 1

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Yasmine Hamdan — “Hal” — Only Lovers Left Alive OST

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Pictured: The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.

Whenever I think of blind men, I can’t help remembering the words of Benjamin Péret, who was very concerned about whether mortadella sausage was in fact made by the blind. I find this less a question than a statement, and one containing a profound truth at that. Of course, some might find that relationship between blindness and mortadella somewhat absurd, but for me it’s the quintessential example of surrealist thought.

— Luis Buñuel, My Last Sigh.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 476 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

Soul Generation — “Key To Your Heart” — On The Real Side: The Modern End Of Northern Soul

Charles Amoah — “Sweet Vibration” — Sweet Vibration

The Routes — “Transmission” — Surfin’ Pleasures

Wang Xiang Ling — “Love Spirit” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco

Little Carl Carlton — “Competition Ain’t Nothin” — Ain’t Nothing But A House Party: 60’s & 70’s Club Soul Classics

Money Chicha — “Fuentes” — Chicha Summit

Pere Ubu — “Nonalignment Pact” — The Modern Dance

R.D. Burman — “Tum Kya Jano” — Bollywood Freak Out

It’s Madison Time…

Banzai — “Chinese Kung Fu” — Disco 75

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Prince Jammy — “Brothers Of The Blade” — Kamikazi Dub

Ramones — “Blitzkrieg Bop (Single Version)” — Ramones

Roger Jaffory — “Oye mi, Consejo” — Dolores: Salsa & Guaracha from 70’s French West Indies

Tavares — “Free Ride” — In The City

Peace — “Black Power” — Can’t You Hear Me? 70’s African Nuggets & Garage Rock from Nigeria, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

The Mothers Of Invention — “Trouble Every Day” — Freak Out! [Mono]

Ros Sereysothea, Sinn Sisamouth And Friends — “Gentlemen Chill Out At Bar” — Cambodian Psych-Out

The Unrelated Segments — “Where You Wanna Go? — Garage Beat ’66 Vol. 7: That’s How It Will Be!

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Juaneco Y Su Combo — “A La Fiesta De San Juan” — Masters Of Chicha 1

The Skeletons — “Nervous Breakdown” — “Live” at the Amador 1979

Dennis Bovell — “Dub Guide” — Dub 4 Daze

Reigning Sound — “Brown Paper Sack” — Time Bomb High School

Latin Blues Band — “(I’ll Be A) Happy Man” — Big Ol’ Bag O’ Boogaloo Vol. 1

Bonzo Dog Band — “Rockaliser Baby” — The Doughnut In Granny’s Greenhouse

Tunji Oyelana — “Osekere” — A Nigerian Retrospective 1966-79

The Revels — “Revellion” — Intoxica!

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Revolutionaries — “Kunta Kinte Version One” — Drum Sound: More Gems from Channel One Dub Room 1974-1980

The Cramps — “Butcher Pete” — Vengeance 45rpm

Sam Mangwana & African All Stars — “Georgette Eckins” — Georgette Eckins

Funkadelic — “Cosmic Slop” — Hardcore Jollies 

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Najma — “Dil Laga Ya Tha” — Qareeb

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Pictured: Dr. Alimantado (center).

A similar case is ex–Sex Pistols vocalist Johnny (Rotten) Lydon and his group Public Image, Ltd., who carved out a bleak, alien soundscape by blending dub’s stark spaciness with punk-derived dissonance and minimalism on their influential 1981 recording Second Edition (a key element here was the thick-fingered dub-meets-punk approach of bassist Jah Wobble). Lydon, in fact, is considered another important contributor to the reggae/punk dialogue. As Adrian Sherwood recalled, “a lot of people really looked up to him at that time. John really knew his reggae, he loved his reggae. I can tell you that John Lydon really helped the progress of roots and culture in Britain at that time. It was around that time … that he went on the radio and played Dr. Alimantado’s ‘Born For A Purpose.’ Alimantado was immediately shot to cult status as a result!” Lydon was by no means a centrist figure but he was quite influential, and it was through such conduits that the influence of reggae and dub became gradually audible in more commercial forms of popular music.

— Michael E. Veal, Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 475 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

Eddie Kendricks — “Chains” — He’s A Friend

Sookie — “Choco Date” — African Disco Experimentals (1974 to 1978)

The Surfites — “Comet’s Tail” — Escapades In Space

Payom Moogda — “Loomsiah” — Thai Beat A Go Go Vol. 1: Groovy 60’s Sounds from the Land of Smile!

Buzzcocks — “Breakdown” — Spiral Scratch EP

Tito Puente — “Pa Los Rumberos” — Mas Mambo Mania: More Kings & Queens Of Mambo

Ron Thompson His Rowdy Guitar And The Brougham’s — “Switchblade” — Loose Lips Might Sink Ships: Greasy Instrumental Magic From The Vault Of Lux And Ivy 

Dr. Alimantado — “I Shall Fear No Evil” — Best Dressed Chicken In Town

The Neon Boys — “That’s All I Know (Right Now)” — Shake To Date

It’s Madison Time…

Alex Puddu — “Lesbian Lovers” — The Golden Age of Danish Pornography Vol. 3

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

New York Dolls — “Looking For A Kiss” — New York Dolls

Eugene Balthazar — “Dap Pignan” — Dolores: Salsa & Guaracha from 70’s French West Indies

Ninian Hawick — “Scottish Rite Temple Stomp” — Grimsey 45rpm

The Funkees — “Acid Rock” — Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria

The Detroit Cobras — “Hittin’ on Nothing” — Mink, Rat or Rabbit

Michael Smith — “Mi Feel It” — Mi Cyaan Believe It

The Gun Club — “Eternally Is Here” — The Las Vegas Story

Orkes Kelana Ria — “Ya Mahmud” — Padang Moonrise: The Birth of the Modern Indonesian Recording Industry 1955-69

The Final Analysis — “Gotta Get Down” — 1st Annual Inner-City Talent Expo (1972)

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Bappi Lahari — “Everybody Dance With Me” — Psych Funk Sa-Re-Ga!

The Skeletons — “Trans Am” — In The Flesh!

Ali Hassan Kuban — “Maria-Maria” — Nubian Magic

Jeff Simmons — “Zondo Zondo” — Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up

Los Pirañas — “Pipetas De Gas Y Dinamita” — Toma Tu Jabón Kapax

Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band — “Dirty Blue Gene” — Doc at the Radar Station 

Les Shupa Shupa D’Haiti — “Baterie Shupa” — Disques Debs International: Volume 1

Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant — “Hillcrest (Opus 3)” — Swingin’ on the Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection, Vol. 2

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Pamelo Mounk’a & les Bantous de la Capitale — “Nora Mensah D’Adjame” — Pamelo Mounk’a & les Bantous de la Capitale

Television — “In World” — Television

Tappa Zukie &  Prince Philip Smart — “Jah Speak In Dub” — Tappa Zukie In Dub aka Tapper Zukie in Dub

The Buttons — “I’ve Been Lookin’” — Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns Volume 1

Cheo Marquetti Y Su Conjunto — “Aprietala En El Rincon” — Region Matancera

MC5 — “The Pledge Song” — Power Trip

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Charanjit Singh — “Yahan Nahin Kahoongi” — Instrumental Film Tunes

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Pictured: West Virginia Snake Handler Revival.

It was a cheap structure almost on the order of a mobile home, but much larger inside than it had seemed. A wide hallway went either way out of a foyer where scores of people stood around without having to crowd. A sense of offices, meeting rooms, classrooms down institutional corridors. Directly ahead, double doors opened onto a chamber big enough, from what I could see, to accommodate hundreds. I thought I glimpsed church pews. Folks were wandering inside there to sit. I spotted Flower easily among all the farmers and the farmers’ wives. She stood by the double doors in her black-and-white pantsuit, maybe a bit harlequinesque but very stylish and expensive looking, talking in sign language with a young boy about sixteen. He must have been a deaf boy. I was fascinated. Without voices to help them they used whatever they had, both their faces animated, exploding with emotion, while the quick lively gestures shot down their arms and out their fingers; they worked at it like silent-film actors. And suddenly, reminded of the old silent films, I was struck with an understanding of the empty peace the boy inhabited.

— Denis Johnson, The Name of the World.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 474 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

The O’Jays — “Give The People What They Want” — Survival

Afro Train — “Tumba Safari” — Akwaba Abidjan: Afrofunk in 1970s Ivory Coast

Jerry Cole & His Spacemen — “Midnight Surfer” — Outer Limits

Tito Puente — “Pa Los Rumberos” — Mas Mambo Mania: More Kings & Queens Of Mambo

General Crook — “Do It For Me” — Absolute Funk 1

Mohammed Rafi — “Chahe Koi Mujhe Junglee Kahe” — Bollywood Nuggets

Flat Duo Jets — “Pretty Thing” — Introducing Flat Duo Jets

It’s Madison Time…

The Joint — “Dinosaur Dreams” — Schwabing Affairs: Delicate Tunes from Swinging Munich Movies of the 1960s & 70s

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Morells — “Gettin’ In Shape” — Shake and Push

Juan-Juan Zou — “Pond Side” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco

The High Numbers — “I’m the Face” — Back Door 45rpm

The Upsetters — “Man From M.I.5” — Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry Presents Soulful I: The Jamaican Upsetter Singles, 1969-1970

Preston Love & Orchestra — “Country Boogie” — The Legendary Dig Masters, Volume Three: Dapper Cats, Groovy Tunes & Hot Guitars

Pantaleon Pérez Prado — “Tequila” — The Rough Guide To Cuban Rare Groove

Johnny & The Debonairs — “The Bonecracker” — TABU! Exotic Music To Strip By! Vol. 2

Alessandro Alessandroni — “Young Flirt” — Panoramic Feelings

The 13th Floor Elevators — “Levitation” — Easter Everywhere [Stereo]

Charlie and The Boys — “Beli-Lah Susu Chap Junjong (Malay-Tamil-Malay)” — Let’s A Go-Go! Singapore And Southeast Asian Pop Scene 1964-69

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Rocky Roberts & The Airdales — “T. Bird” — Dr. Boogie Presents Wasa Wasa: Fabulous Rhythm ‘n’ Blues Shakers on the Dancefloor! 1952-1968

Apagya Show Band — “Mumunde” — Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shock Waves: Ghana & Togo 1972-78

The Undertones — “I Know a Girl” — The Undertones

The Aggrovators — “The Big Apple” — Jammies In Lion Dub Style

Roxy Music — “Trash” — Manifesto

Money Chicha — “Fatalidad” — Chicha Summit

The Pastels — “Let’s Go To The Rock’n’roll Ball” — Argo 45rpm

Plearn Promdan — “Kosok Tee Det” — Thai? Dai!: The Heavier Side of the Luk Thung Underground

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

West Virginia Snake Handler Revival — “Don’t Worry It’s Just a Snakebite (What Has Happened to This Generation?)” — They Shall Take Up Serpents

Gasper Lawal — “Abio’sun ni” — Abio’sunni

Wire — “Too Late” — Chairs Missing

The Fe Me Time All Stars — “Hell and Sorrow” — Dub I

The Modern Lovers — “She Cracked” — The Modern Lovers

Vaudou Game — “La Chose” — Otodi

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Jackson Heights — “Spaghetti Sunshine” — Bump ‘n’ Grind

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Pictured: Tony Allen.

People think I don’t put effort in my playing, but there’s a lot of effort in what I’m delivering. And if they can hear it, they know what is happening there. Forget about this fight you want to put on the drums. Don’t fight the drums, just deliver cooly. I don’t like using force to play the drums, because I know when I have to hit them hard. I know when I want something to be stronger…the flow of Afrobeat has to enter the audience easily. If you don’t catch them quickly with this feel, they might just be standing there and looking at you.

— Tony Allen (with Michael E. Veal), Tony Allen: An Autobiography of the Master Drummer of Afrobeat.

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FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

Ohio Players — “Love Rollercoaster” — Honey

Ipa-Boogie — “Get The Music Now” — Ipa-Boogie

The Original Surfaris — “Exotic” — Lost Legends Of Surf Guitar, Vol. 1: Big Noise From Waimea!

Boogaloo Assassins — “Mi Jeva” — Old Love Dies Hard

The Morells — “Ugly and Slouchy” — Shake and Push

Cornell Campbell — “Can’t Get Dub Out” — Randy’s Vintage Dub Selection: Dubbing At Randy’s 1969-1975

It’s Madison Time…

Andre Brummer / N. Carras / Jan Kubelík / Jack Meakin — “Calif and Eula” — Mudhoney OST

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Traffic Sound — “Meshkalina” — Traffic Sound ’68-’69

The Roadrunners — “LUV” — Don’t Press Your Luck! The In Sounds Of 60’s Connecticut

Katsuko Kanai — “Mini Mini Girl” — Nippon Girls 2: Japanese Pop, Beat & Rock’n’roll 1965-70

Link Wray And The Raymen — “Mustang” — Mr. Guitar

The Mighty Cavaliers — “Wacha Maneno” — Mapendo

Lizzy Mercier Descloux — “Wawa” — Press Color

Errol Brown — “I Shave the Barber (aka Ali Baba Version 1)” — The Treasure Dub Albums Collection

Curly Davis And The Uniques — “Black Cobra Pt. 2” — Chains & Black Exhaust

Dara Puspita — “Soal Asmara (About Love)” — 1966-1968

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Funkadelic — “I Got A Thing, You Got A Thing, Everybody’s Got A Thing” — Funkadelic

Ara Kekedjian — “Seta, Seta” — Bourj Hammoud Groove

The Electric Eels — “Splitterty Splat (My Feet Are On Fire)” — Die Electric Eels

The Blue Birds — “Khari Neem Ke Nickey” — More Early Pakistani Dance Music Vol. 2 (From Original 7″ Vinyl 1966 – 1978)

Iggy & the Stooges — “Raw Power” — Raw Power [Iggy Pop Mix]

Monomono — “Tire Loma Da Nigbehin” — Dawn Of Awareness

Little Red Riders — “The Seventh Veil” — Titty Shakers 1

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Tony Allen — “Road Close (Dance Dub)” — Africafunk: The Original Sound Of 1970’s Funky Africa

Rene Hall Orchestra feat. Willie Joe — “Twitchy” — Infamous Instro-Monsters Of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Vol. 1

Prince Jammy — “Firehouse Special” — Prince Jammy Presents Uhuru In Dub 

Television — “In World” — Television

Payom Moogda — “Loomsiah” — Thai Beat A Go Go Vol. 1: Groovy 60’s Sounds from the Land of Smile!

Lewis Lymon & The Teenchords — “I’m So Happy (Tra-La-La-La-La-La)” — The Doo Wop Box: 101 Vocal Group Gems: The Rock ‘N’ Roll Explosion 1955-1957

Chico O’Farrill — “Chico’s Cha Cha Cha” — Cha Cha Cha en La Habana

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Big Star — “Femme Fatale” — Third / Sister Lovers

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Pictured: The Fugs (l. to r.: Tuli Kupferberg, Ken Weaver, Ed Sanders).

For that first afternoon Folkways session in April 1965 at Cue Recording on West Forty-sixth Street, The Fugs consisted of me, Tuli, Ken Weaver (on conga drum), Steve Weber (on guitar), and Peter Stampfel (on fiddle). I had prepared a sequence of twenty-two songs, in a certain order, and we recorded them in one long flow, then recorded them a second time. Steve and Peter also recorded some of their Holy Modal Rounder tunes during the session.

At first we set up our positions—but seemed uncertain on how to proceed. “Just get going,” [producer] Harry Smith commanded from the control booth, and so we did just that. We arrayed ourselves in front of microphones and began recording the sequence of twenty-two.

In the middle of the session a guy from Folkways showed up with a contract and modest cash for each player. The contract was for “The Fugs Jug Band.” I scratched out the words “Jug Band” on the contract.

Harry, as far as I know, received no financial reward for the recording. He asked for a bottle of rum, which I bought. During the session, I think perhaps to spur us to greater motivity and energy, he came in from the recording booth to the room where we were singing and smashed the bottle of rum against the wall.

— Ed Sanders, Fug You: An Informal History of the Peace Eye Bookstore, the Fuck You Press, The Fugs and Counterculture in the Lower East Side.

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FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

Bettye Swann — “Kiss My Love Goodbye” — Crème de la Crème: Philly Soul Classics & Rarities

Sewa Jacintho — “Secret Populaire” — Akwaba Abidjan: Afrofunk in 1970s Ivory Coast

The Breakers — “Jet Stream” — Strummin’ Mental! Vol. 4

Ara Kekedjian — “Intch Imanayi” — Bourj Hammoud Groove

The Move — “You’re The One I Need” — British Mod Sounds Of The 1960s

The Victors — “Easy Squeeze” — Musical Feast: Mrs. Pottinger’s High Note and Gayfeet Label

Don Cherry — “I Walk” — Disco Not Disco: Leftfield Disco Classics from the New York Underground

Boogaloo Assassins — “No No No (Radio Edit)” — Old Love Dies Hard

It’s Madison Time…

Goblin — “Markos” — Suspiria OST

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The Images — “Head Over Heels” — I Walk The Lonely Night: Ballroom Beat Vol. 1

Los Ahijados Cuco y Martin Valoy — “Virgencita del consuelo” — Sones Montunos Vol. 2

Link Wray & The Wray Men — “Caroline” — Slinky! The Epic Sessions ’58-’61

Phương Tâm — “60 Năm (60 Years)” — Saigon Surf Twist & Soul (1964-1966)

The Only Ones — “My Way Out Of Here” — Baby’s Got A Gun

Rahbani Brothers — “Rahbaniyat” — Omar Khorshid With Love

Reigning Sound — “You Got Me Hummin’” — Too Much Guitar

Les Vikings — “Choc Vikings” — Haiti Direct: Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds, 1960-1978

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins — “Voodoo” — Spellbound!

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Les Djinns — “Nadia (Instrumental)” — 1970’s Algerian Folk And Pop

Babs’ Three Bips & A Bop — “Oop-Pop-a-Da” — Blue Note 78rpm

Lee Perry — “Right Yo Dub” — Megawatt Dub

The Fallen Angels — “Bad Woman” — Teenage Shutdown, Vol. 4: I’m A No-Count

Verckys et l´Orchestre Vévé — “Oui Verckys” — Congolese Funk, Afrobeat & Psychedelic Rumba 1969-1978

Bill Doggett — “Make Your Move” — People Get Up: Original House Party Funk & Get Down Jazz

Charanjit Singh — “Dekho Ham Donon Ki Yaari” — Instrumental Film Tunes

Brian Eno + David Byrne — “Regiment” — My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Johnny Clarke — “Every Knee Shall Bow (Dub)” — Dreader Dread

Orgone — “Counting On You” — Killion Vaults

Joe Mpoyi — “Nani” — Ba Patrons

Young-Holt Unlimited — “Dig Her Walk” — The Definitive Young-Holt Unlimited

Koes Bersaudara — “Poor Clown” — 1967

John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett — “Cheryl’s Going Home” — John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett

Ondatrópica — “Mi Negrita” — Ondatrópica

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

The Fugs — “Nothing” — The Fugs First Album

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